The 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship was the seventh season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallycross.
Johan Kristoffersson won the Drivers' Championship for the third time. KYB Team JC won the Teams' Championship.
Calendar The 2020 championship was contested over eight rounds in Europe. The season was originally scheduled to start in April but following multiple postponements relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, a revised calendar was released in May 2020 and the championship finally began in August.
Event Dates Venue Class Winner TeamReport 1 Swecon World RX of Sweden 22–23 August Höljesbanan, Höljes Supercar Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUSReport 2 Mattias Ekström KYB Team JCProjekt E Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division 3 Capitalbox World RX of Finland 29 AugustTykkimäki, KouvolaSupercar Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUSReport 4 30 August Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco N/C RX2 All Star Shootout 5 September Nysumbanen, Vebbestrup RX2 Guillaume De Ridder Olsbergs MSEReport 6 September Henrik Krogstad Yellow Squad Team Färén 5 Neste World RX of Riga-Latvia 19–20 SeptemberBiķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, RigaSupercar Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUSReport 6 Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC Projekt E Cyril Raymond Citroën Racing 7 Logitech G World RX of Catalunya 17 October Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló Supercar Timmy Hansen Team HansenReport 8 18 October Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUSEventVenueOriginal Dates World RX of Portugal Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre 2–3 May then 10–11 October World RX of Benelux Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps 16–17 May then 3–4 October then 21–22 November World RX of Norway Lånkebanen, Hell 13–14 June World RX of Russia Igora Drive, Sosnovo 18–19 July World RX of Germany Nürburgring, Nürburg 1–2 August then 12–13 December World RX of France Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac 5–6 September World RX of Abu DhabiYas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi29–31 October World RX of South Africa Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town 14–15 November
Calendar changes The World RX of Portugal and World RX of Germany would both have returned after a one-year hiatus. The German round would have moved from the Estering to the Nürburgring. Both events were later cancelled. The World RX of Canada and the World RX of Great Britain were both removed from the schedule. The World RX of Russia was added to the schedule, but had been cancelled. The World RX of Barcelona - Catalunya, World RX of Portugal, World RX of Benelux, World RX of Sweden, World RX of Germany were all scheduled to take place between April and August. All were rescheduled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The World RX of Norway and World RX of South Africa were both dropped from the calendar following the May calendar revision. The World RX of France was cancelled, also as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new event was added to the calendar, after the extraordinary World Motor Sport Council in June, in Kouvola (Finland) to replace the World RX of France. The World RX of Benelux was rescheduled for a second time to November to allow a larger number of spectators to attend. On September 15, the organization of World RX of Portugal announced that the event was cancelled due to the evolution of COVID-19 in September. On November 4, it was announced that the World RX of Benelux was cancelled due to spikes in COVID-19 cases in Belgium. On November 26, it was announced that the World RX of Germany was cancelled, due to spikes in COVID-19 cases in Germany, resulting in an early end to the 2020 season
Entries Supercar Constructor Team Car Drivers Rounds Ref.Audi KYB Team JCAudi S1 RX4 Robin Larsson All5 Mattias Ekström All Karai Motorsport Sportegyesület 73 Tamás Kárai 3–4, 7–8 Team JC Race Teknik 91 Enzo Ide 7–8 Ford Ferratum Team Ford Fiesta Supercar RX 11 Jani Paasonen 1–6 Jere Kalliokoski 22 Jere Kalliokoski 3–4 Atro Määttä 65 Atro Määttä 3–4 Honda Olsbergs MSEHonda Civic Coupe 93 Sebastian Eriksson 1–2 Hyundai GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i207 Timur Timerzyanov All 68 Niclas Grönholm All Patrick Guillerme 83 Patrick Guillerme 7–8 GRX Set 123 Krisztián Szabó 1–2, 5–6 177 Juha Rytkönen 3–4 Mini Oliver Bennett Mini Cooper SX1 42 Oliver Bennett 7–8 Peugeot Team HansenPeugeot 208 RX 1 Timmy Hansen All 9 Kevin Hansen All Renault GCK UNKORRUPTED Renault Clio R.S. RX 14 Rokas Baciuška 1–2, 5–6 36 Guerlain Chicherit 1–6 69 Kevin Abbring 3–4 Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel Renault Mégane R.S. RX 13 Andreas Bakkerud All 33 Liam Doran All GCK Bilstein 92 Anton Marklund All SEAT ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza RX 38 Mandie August 7–8 44 Timo Scheider All 77 René Münnich 1–6 Škoda ESmotorsport Škoda Fabia RX 15 Reinis Nitišs 5–6 Volkswagen Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUSVolkswagen Polo GTI RX 3 Johan Kristoffersson All
RX2 Constructor Team Car Drivers Ref. OMSE VGracing Olsbergs MSE RX2 8 Gustav Johansson Olsbergs MSE 9 Grégory Fosse 18 Linus Östlund 47 Jesse Kallio 60 Martin Enlund 91 Niklas Aneklev 96 Guillaume De Ridder Alfta Racing Team 10 Martin Jonsson MORX 11 Mats Oskarsson STS RX 52 Simon Olofsson Yellow Squad Team Färén 77 Henrik Krogstad 999 Dan Skocdopole Helmia Motorsport 90 Jimmie Walfridson JC Raceteknik 99 Hans-Ola Frøshaug
Projekt E Constructor Team Car Drivers Rounds Ref. STARD Ferratum Team Ford Fiesta 6 Jānis Baumanis 2 Ford Österreich 21 Hermann Neubauer 1 Rallytechnology 41 Natalie Barratt All Hoonigan Racing Division 43 Ken Block 1 Holten Motorsport 5 Svein Bjarte Holten 2 Citroën Racing Citroën C3 113 Cyril Raymond 2
Championship Standings World Championship points are scored as follows: Position Round 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th Heats 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Semi-Finals 6 5 4 3 2 1 Final 8 5 4 3 2 1
A red background denotes drivers eliminated from that round.
Supercar FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers Driver SWE FIN LAT BAR Points 1 Johan Kristoffersson 1 3 1 4 1 2 2 1 219 2 Mattias Ekström 2 1 7 2 2 1 5 4 192 3 Timmy Hansen 6 11 3 5 3 4 1 2 163 4 Niclas Grönholm 4 9 4 1 5 5 4 8 147 5 Kevin Hansen 8 2 6 7 4 6 3 7 135 6 Robin Larsson 7 5 8 10 6 3 12 6 122 7 Andreas Bakkerud 13 6 9 6 8 7 6 5 121 8 Timo Scheider 3 4 5 9 12 10 9 9 92 9 Anton Marklund 5 8 12 11 14 9 8 3 90 10 Timur Timerzyanov 12 10 10 3 10 8 7 10 81 11 Krisztián Szabó 9 7 7 11 41 12 Juha Rytkönen 2 8 37 13 Liam Doran 17 17 19 14 9 12 10 16 29 14 René Münnich 14 12 16 19 13 14 18 15 Támas Kárai 13 16 14 11 15 16 Jere Kalliokoski 11 12 14 17 Guerlain Chicherit 16 13 14 15 15 15 14 18 Sebastian Eriksson 10 15 12 19 Reinis Nitišs 11 13 12 20 Rokas Baciuška 11 14 16 16 12 21 Oliver Bennett 11 14 11 22 Enzo Ide 13 12 11 23 Jani Paasonen 15 16 15 17 17 17 5 24 Mandie August 16 13 5 25 Kevin Abbring 17 13 4 26 Patrick Guillerme 15 15 4 Atro Määttä 18 18 0 Driver SWE FIN LAT BAR Points
FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams Team SWE FIN LAT BAR Points 1 KYB Team JC 4 7 5 8 10 6 3 12 6 340 5 2 1 7 2 2 1 5 4 2 Team Hansen 1 6 11 3 5 3 4 1 2 310 9 8 2 6 7 4 6 3 7 3 GRX Taneco 7 12 10 10 3 10 8 7 10 298 68 4 9 4 1 5 5 4 8 4 Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel 13 13 6 9 6 8 7 6 5 270 33 17 17 19 14 9 12 10 16 5 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 30 16 13 219 44 3 4 5 9 12 10 9 9 77 14 12 16 19 13 14 6 GCK UNKORRUPTED 219 11 14 16 16 115 36 16 13 14 15 15 15 69 17 13 Team SWE FIN LAT BAR Points
RX2 Series Driver DNK Points 1 Henrik Krogstad 2 1 54 2 Guillaume De Ridder 1 2 53 3 Jesse Kallio 3 3 43 4 Jimmie Walfridson 5 4 36 5 Simon Olofsson 6 7 36 6 Linus Östlund 4 12 29 7 Niklas Aneklev 11 5 25 8 Gustav Johansson 7 6 24 9 Martin Enlund 8 9 22 10 Mats Oskarsson 9 10 21 11 Martin Jonsson 13 8 16 12 Dan Skocdopole 14 11 12 13 Hans-Ola Frøshaug 10 14 11 14 Gregory Fosse 12 13 9 Driver DNK Points
Projekt E Driver SWE LAT Points 1 Natalie Barratt 2 4 35 2 Ken Block 1 24 3 Cyril Raymond 1 24 4 Janis Baumanis 2 20 5 Hermann Neubauer 3 19 6 Svein Bjarte Holten 3 18 Driver SWE LAT Points
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